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Top five future sports starshttp://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/08/09/top-five-future-sports-stars/
http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/08/09/top-five-future-sports-stars/#respondWed, 09 Aug 2017 18:18:20 +0000http://youngjournalistacademy.com/?p=37912As many people are aware of, Neymar dos Santos Junior has transferred from Barcelona to PSG for a staggering fee of £200 million. There is no denying that Neymar is going to be one of the best football players in the world but there are plenty more brilliant sports stars out there. Here are my top five picks for future sports stars:

5. Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Ruben Loftus-Cheek is a 21-year-old football player who currently plays for Chelsea under the management of Antonio Conte. A fantastic box-to-box player is what he is classed as and at such a tender age there is no wonder he has attracted attention from both Manchester clubs and Barcelona. The 21-year-old is completely underestimated by everyone at Chelsea and is definitely not being given the playing time he deserves by Conte. Loftus-Cheek is a real prodigy who could and will most likely go on to do amazing things in the world of football.

4. Laura Muir

Laura Muir is another Brit and an absolute trooper when it comes to long distance running. At the minor age of 24, Muir is doing exceedingly well winning the 1500 meters race at the London Anniversary Games and smashingKelly Holmes’ British 1500m record to finish way ahead of the competition at the Paris Diamond League. The Brit finished top of the world rankings for 2016. There are only a couple of athletes who look a little less threatening than the small Scot, but if she gets her tactics right she could become quite the person to watch at this summer’s London World Championships.

3. Jordan Smith

Jordan Smith is another exciting prospect, who this time plays one of my sports – golf. Once again he is a Brit showing all the signs which should suggest that he could go on to big things. Despite not taking up the sport until he was 13, Smith appeared on the same Walker Cup team as Matthew Fitzpatrick in 2013. During his first year as a professional, he finished first in the EuroPro Tour order of merit, and then in his second year as a pro he topped the Challenge Tour order of merit. That has therefore earned him his full card for the European Tour in 2017. If he carries on like this, it won’t be long before he is on the PGA Tour; the ultimate for a golfer.

2. Kylian Mbappe

Kylian Mbappe is a football player who is repeatedly outshining his teammates at Monaco and he is doing this at age 18. He has drawn so much attention from clubs that he has been called upon by his national team, France, and has shone playing for them too. This youngster really is special as is already being tailed by clubs such as Barcelona, Real Madrid and Arsenal. He isn’t the tallest player standing at 5 foot 10 inches, however his strength on the ball is unbelievable for someone even double his size!

1. Rory McIlroy

Where would this list be without Rory McIlroy? He isn’t just the best golfer on the PGA Tour at this moment in time, but the sport as a whole. Despite him winning pretty much everything as a golfer, he is still young at the age of 28. McIlroy plays one of the best brands of golf there is, with his attacking style of play which has everyone on the edge of their seats. Despite most players having an exponentially long drive nowadays, he is still one of the best drivers of the golf ball in the world, and when he puts it all together with his fantastic iron game and short game, birdies come in bunches. As a golfer, he has pretty much got everything that any golfer could ever dream of. Overall, Rory Mcilroy is the best sports future star- if he isn’t already!

Will, YJA Sports Correspondent

]]>http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/08/09/top-five-future-sports-stars/feed/0Classic Reviews: Citizen Kane (1941)http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/08/05/classic-reviews-citizen-kane-1941/
http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/08/05/classic-reviews-citizen-kane-1941/#commentsSat, 05 Aug 2017 06:53:00 +0000http://youngjournalistacademy.com/?p=37906Considered by many as the greatest film of all time – what is all the fuss about with Citizen Kane?

It’s fair to say that the fuss is justified. Orson Welles – with unparalleled creative license – creates a superb picture as director, co-writer and lead actor in the heat of Hollywood’s Golden Age. The image of Welles’ animated speech, flanked by Kane paraphernalia is as enduring as the whispered mutter of ‘Rosebud’ that drives the plot from there on in.

The narrative of Charles Foster Kane is told in a fittingly unique manner, beginning with his death and then relived first via news reels and then through a sequence of flashbacks. You are enticed by the initial video obituary of this enigmatic newspaper conglomerate who outlived his success so painfully soon. You can’t help but become embroiled in Kane the mythic and Kane the legend.

This is in part driven by the ever charismatic Welles who slips effortlessly into the lead role as the chirpy young Kane when he first takes over the Inquirer newspaper. This is no better demonstrated than by his famous line in response to the company’s troubles – shrugging that $1 million annual losses will take 60 years to break him.

Yet Kane’s transformation and subsequent decline is portrayed all too clearly. While the character at the forefront of the picture is always grandiose with his money, it is fame that cripples the man. Kane flirts with a career in politics, begins a bizarre chain of collecting and sees his personal life dissolve around him.

It is for these reasons that Citizen Kane is beautifully tragic in the man who has it all, having everything but love. His second wife fell for him without knowing his reputation but Kane betrays his own efforts in the face of his ego and hubris. The man that once filled the shallow ceilings of the Inquirer offices is later belittled by the house-come-mosaleum that is Xanadu.

However, it is the perfectly ambiguous conclusion of the Rosebud mystery that wraps up the film so beautifully. It’s easy to forget the Kane the viewer loved when he is made so brutal and insensitive in his latter gluttony by Welles. Yet in the closing minutes we are handed hope in a chillingly beautiful throwback to his childhood, before the money and fame, and with the innocence of youth.

And what better compliment to a film than it having such a poignant message. Even better to have it married to one of the most complex characters in cinema with a distinct arc so explored that it almost comes full circle.

What is also remarkable about Citizen Kane is that this is Welles’ first venture into directing. The American legend treats us to brilliantly quirky shots from the introduction of Xanadu to the visual presentation of marital collapse through the medium of furniture. There is no shortage of cuts; dips and dives between time periods but all effortlessly worked and edited.

Citizen Kane also sees the birth of a number of future Hollywood stars with Mercury Players distributing silver screen debuts. Joseph Cotton portrays the perfect foil for Kane – his close friend Jedediah – and can be forever recalled for his drunken newsroom monologue that touches on so many truths. Dorothy Comingore is superb as Susan Alexander, the naive second wife that eventually escapes Kane’s paranoia-born shackles.

Impressive performances can also be noted from Ray Collins, Paul Stewart and Erskine Sanford who revealed none of their inexperience.

Citizen Kane is justifiably classic and is no more elevated than by it’s unlikely circumstances. A first-time director surrounded by first-time film actors produced a picture that is still lorded by critics and recalled fondly by moviegoers. The eponymous character is perfectly enigmatic and it is his poignant arc that is so perfectly decorated by other points of merit that greatness is guaranteed.

If you aren’t prickled by the Rosebud reveal – the heartbeat of the picture – then get yourself checked out. 10/10.

Kobe Tong, YJA Senior Correspondent

]]>http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/08/05/classic-reviews-citizen-kane-1941/feed/1Neymar’s move to Paris Saint-Germain is crazy IMO #18http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/08/05/neymars-move-to-paris-saint-germain-is-crazy-imo-18/
http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/08/05/neymars-move-to-paris-saint-germain-is-crazy-imo-18/#respondSat, 05 Aug 2017 06:43:05 +0000http://youngjournalistacademy.com/?p=37899As I’m sure plenty of you football fanatic’s already know, Neymar dos Santos Junior has moved to Paris Saint-Germain for a world record fee of £200 million. Not only has he smashed the transfer fee record, he also smashed the wages record and this must be seen as a mess.

Neymar has moved from one of the world’s best teams, Barcelona, to another, PSG, but for a mind-blowing £200 million. This fee has obliterated every single transfer fee there is with the record being broken by over £100 million!

While it’s still a novelty for Neymar, this price tag can soon come back to bite him later on in his career. If the Brazilian doesn’t perform up to his extremely high standards, he will be known as a waste of money and that’s the last thing he would want. A bright start is something that he will be craving in his first couple of games for the French giants.

Currently, the 25-year-old is insisting that he has not moved for the money, he has moved to genuinely start at what he calls a ‘better organised’ club. Despite Neymar saying this, I think most football fans across the globe realise that he has purely gone for the money.

The brilliant Brazilian has moved from arguably the best club in the world, to a team that hasn’t really achieved much in the last couple of years. The 25-year-old is going to receive £780,000-a-week – that’s without all of his sponsorship and endorsement deals!

Neymar is turning out to be the spoilt child in the team that no-one gets along with. He’s getting whatever he wants and thinks he is the best which really isn’t the attitude to have in the beautiful game.

Later on that memorable night after the deal was complete, Neymar wrote on his Instagram: “I have conquered everything an athlete can conquer. I have lived unforgettable moments. But a player of any calibre needs challenges and for the second time in my life, I have contradict my father.”

At this moment in time, the situation is a mess which will shake players in all leagues. With Neymar transferring from Barcelona, the legendary strike force of MSN – Messi, Suarez and Neymar – will be no longer.

Although every striker at Barcelona is nothing short of fantastic, Neymar actually came out with the worst statistics since he joined in 2014. With Suarez and Messi scoring over 100 goals since 2014, it’s a wonder as to why PSG didn’t go for one of them two.

Some would say that Neymar is worth it as he is world class, but it is questionable as to whether Messi or Ronaldo are even worth that. Without a shadow of a doubt, Neymar will be one of the best players in the world after Messi and Ronaldo retire, if he isn’t already, but he is not worth £200 million!

It is the first time ever PSG – ranked the 11th most valuable club in the world – have broken the global transfer record, with Real Madrid previously paying five of the past six highest fees in world football.

It doesn’t take a genius to know that Neymar has an unbelievably bright future ahead of him. Despite this, it would be even brighter if he were to stay at Barcelona. Everyone in football wishes Neymar the best of luck, despite many thinking he will crumble under the pressure of his price tag.

Former heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko has retired from boxing aged 41. As a result of this, Klitschko will not sign the rematch clause which would enable him to fight current world champion Anthony Joshua.

The 41-year-old has announced his retirement from boxing and has also stated that he wants a ‘second career’ outside of the sport. This has deeply saddened most of the boxing world as Klitschko was an animal from the minute he stepped inside the ring, with a record 64 wins and five losses across his career.

According to BBC Sport, Klitschko repeatedly spoke about how he had achieved above and beyond his dreams, stating: “I have achieved everything I dreamed of, and now I want to start my second career after sports with a fresh new life as a newer, older and wiser me.”

Not only has the Ukrainian won 64 times while only losing a minor five, he has also won a gold medal at the Olympics. This prestigious accolade came at Atlanta in 1996 when he hadn’t even turned pro and was still very much a youngster learning what it was like in the world of fighting.

As the 41-year-old Ukrainian fighter talked through his life as a boxer during his announcement, he touched on how he has travelled the world learning new languages and cultures.

“Twenty-seven years ago I started my journey in sport. It was the best choice of a profession I could have made. Because of this choice I have travelled the world, learned new languages, created business, built intellectual properties, helped people in need.” He also went on to say: “At some point in our lives we need to switch our careers and get ourselves ready for the next chapter – obviously I am not an exception to this.”

Klitschko’s fight with 2012 Olympic gold medallist, Anthony Joshua, was the most lucrative fight in UK boxing history – generating over £60 million worth of prize money. Despite Joshua winning the fight with an 11th round knockout, the prize money was shared at £30 million each, not bad at all!

The Joshua-Klitschko fight turned out to be nothing short of a memorable occasion with over 90,000 fans turning out to witness the history that went down on that night in April 2017. 90,000 supporters is the biggest attendance for a boxing match after the war.

Dr. Steelhammer went undefeated for 11 years claiming the WBO, IBF and WBA titles before losing all of that to Tyson Fury, fellow tenacious fighter and legend of boxing.

“I am expecting and hoping my next career, which I have already been planning and working on for some years, will be at least as successful as the previous one, if not more successful.”

This will be the end of an era for some boxing fans who have purely tuned in to the sport to watch a hero in action. As one goes, another rises as now it is Joshua’s time to shine. Klitschko’s records are standing for the moment but I’m sure no-one will be shocked if his records are smashed by Joshua soon.

Footballer, Casey Stoney MBE is a key player in a confident England team that has its eyes on the European Championship crown.

Casey, who has been capped 100 times for England ladies, was very confident that her side would end a 43-year wait to beat France in the Euro 2017 quarter-finals and her optimism was not misplaced.

The Lionesses beat France 1-0 and now face the Netherlands in Thursday’s semi-final.

England have reached the last four at the Euros on four previous occasions, most recently in 2009, when they were beaten by Germany in the final.

Let’s wind the clock back five years when YJA reporters interviewed the England star:

It was one of those special days where you are glad that you made the effort to join the Young Journalist Academy. At St Hugh’s school in Grantham, the hype was building as everyone waited for the arrival of Casey Stoney. England women’s football legend and Team GB’s women’s football captain was coming in to deliver an inspiring assembly to the whole school. And yes, the Young Journalist Academy managed to get an exclusive interview with the 104-time capped centre back Stoney, who is part of the Sky Sports ‘Livin for Sport’ Project.

The project uses sports stars and their skills to teach and help improve young peoples lives. Designed to inspire and support participants in every way possible whether it’s improving confidence, schoolwork or the health and well being of the young person, not to mention a day full of fun and no lessons.

Independent research has shown that through the project 83% of young people have shown a positive improvement in their learning and 30% of pupils said that after taking part they had been inspired to go onto further study.

After the day’s events, we spoke with Lincoln Ladies FC star Casey to see how her day had gone and she told us, “I have achieved more than I ever expected to here at St Hugh’s and it has been the best school I have worked with so far.” Quite some praise there from the 2007 International Player of the Year.

Stoney left the school very inspired and created a buzz that students are hoping to capitalise on by running their own sports and fitness programs.

Here’s the original YJA film captured by the St Hugh’s journalists:

]]>http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/31/englands-ladies-reach-euro-semis/feed/0Sean Raggett is the best player in League 2 (Will’s Worldies #2)http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/26/sean-raggett-is-the-best-player-in-league-2-wills-worldies-2/
http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/26/sean-raggett-is-the-best-player-in-league-2-wills-worldies-2/#respondWed, 26 Jul 2017 05:55:15 +0000http://youngjournalistacademy.com/?p=37881Sean Raggett is a centre back from Lincoln City who outshone most of his teammates in the Imps’ historic season. He is not exactly a player that comes to mind when you are talking about the world’s best players, however, he is attracting big transfer fees from even bigger clubs. In most people’s opinion he is the most underrated player in the Imps’ side.

Raggett stands at six foot and five inches tall and is currently 23-years-old. He is also number 25 for Lincoln City.

Throughout most of Raggett’s youth career he was playing for League One side Gillingham before joining the Imps in their memorable season which saw them reach the FA Cup quarter-finals. Raggett was a key part of Lincoln’s solid defence which only let a few goals past from either quality pieces of play or longshots which were too powerful for Paul Farman.

He shows great fight for his team and is always up for a challenge whether it is a header or a sliding tackle. The Englishman’s commitment is second to none – he could be half dead and would still play on. Earlier in the season, Raggs had two teeth knocked out yet still refused to come off as he thought that it ‘wasn’t worth it!’

As recently as a week ago he has attracted the attention of West Ham (a Premier League side which have carried on being solid throughout the past 5 years) so that just shows how good he is!

From centre back, he scored five goals last season including the legendary goal which sent Lincoln City through to the FA Cup quarter-final. At Gillingham he only scored three more over a four year span.

Raggett is a complete legend for Lincoln who will be remembered by most as long as they live. His goal against Burnley is just one example as to why he is nothing short of a hero!

Will, YJA Sports Correspondent

Senior Young Journalist

Year 6, Heighington Millfield Primary Academy

]]>http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/26/sean-raggett-is-the-best-player-in-league-2-wills-worldies-2/feed/0TAKING THE RAP – LIVING WITH AUTISMhttp://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/24/taking-the-rap-living-with-autism/
http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/24/taking-the-rap-living-with-autism/#respondMon, 24 Jul 2017 12:54:12 +0000http://youngjournalistacademy.com/?p=37874At an early age, I was diagnosed with high-functioning autism, which is a social and communicative learning difficulty affecting 1 in 100 people in the UK. This single-handedly changed my life…… for the better.

There is no cure for my condition, and my parents were told I would never have any relationships, friendships nor receive a legitimate education and generally be deprived from any form of independence whatsoever. However, 14 years later, I proved thousands of people wrong, in several different ways.

When I was seven-years-old, I first listened to ‘Till I Collapse’ by Eminem and Nate Dogg. This got me into rap music, which changed my life and has become my burning passion for the past ten years. I have listened to thousands of rap songs and, under the stage name PanthaDogg, I have lost count of how many songs I have written. My biggest influences are Eminem, 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Big Pun, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and The Roots.

Away from music, since the age of 13 I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being involved the Army Cadet Force (ACF); it has become part of my life. I have met some incredible people, made bonds stronger than family, had wonderful experiences, hugged, laughed, cried, marched (a lot), sweated and done some amazing things.

At my ACF detachment based in Lincoln, I have seen some incredible people come and go. I am proud to have stayed with my exemplary boys and girls since the day I walked through the door as Abbey detachment’s first ever cadet, then to serve as its senior male cadet and to try and set the trend as “The King of Abbey Detachment”!

I leave the Cadets next April so I hope to make the rest of my time in the ACF memorable – a career that people will look back on and say “Oh yeah, Owen Jones? The rapper? Oh, I remember him; he was a legend. He was revolutionary. We miss him. Long live the King!”

Owen Jones, aged 17

Lincoln

]]>http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/24/taking-the-rap-living-with-autism/feed/0YJA meets author of international bestsellerhttp://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/23/yja-meets-author-of-international-bestseller/
http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/23/yja-meets-author-of-international-bestseller/#respondSun, 23 Jul 2017 18:36:14 +0000http://youngjournalistacademy.com/?p=37865Amongst the hubbub and activity of the Newark Book Festival, I met and interviewed Natasha Pulley, author of the international bestseller The Watchmaker of Filigree Street. She was scheduled to make an appearance in order to promote her new novel, The Bedlam Stacks, which was released earlier in the week. I was working as a volunteer at the festival and Pulley was kind enough to allow me to grab her for a quick chat before she went onstage.

“It feels pretty terrifying,” she told me. “There’s a lot of weight and expectation after the first book.”

The first book – The Watchmaker of Filigree Street – was published quietly in July 2016. Sales were reasonable, but unremarkable, until it was reviewed in Publisher’s Weekly a few months later, followed by reviews in national newspapers. By Christmas 2016, the book was a bestseller, winning the Betty Trask Award 2016 and being shortlisted for many other impressive accolades. Pulley’s nerves are understandable; it’s a tough act to follow.

However, Pulley describes The Bedlam Stacks as an ‘antidote’ to her first novel; it’s the exact opposite, at least in terms of subject matter.

“It was written at the same time as the first book,” she explained. “For anyone that writes, I would say that it’s a good idea to do two very different things at once so that you don’t go insane and kill someone. The first book is very machinery-heavy – clockwork, London smog, technology-based – whereas the second one is about plants, so it’s a nice antidote to the first one. I think you can tell that it’s the exact opposite thing when you read it.”

The Bedlam Stacks is based on a real expedition that went from London to Peru in 1859. Peru was the only known place on the planet where cinchona trees were able to grow; cinchona trees bears quinine which, at the time, was the only known treatment for malaria. Pulley describes the novel as half-historical, half hinging on Peruvian fairytale.

Pulley travelled to Peru herself, in order to carry out research for the book. She described in detail the altitude sickness, says that, though the sickness was bad, it passed in twenty-four hours. It was the lingering stupidity, the inability to rely on one’s own brain to make important decisions, that made life difficult for weeks on end.

It is clear, after only a few minutes in her company, that Pulley’s brain is probably her most treasured possession. She graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English Literature and describes becoming fluent in Spanish after five weeks which ‘is perfectly possible to do if you practice every day.’ After spending a year in Paris and leaving just about able to order a coffee in a café without embarrassing myself, I can’t help feeling this assertion should be followed with ‘if you’re incredibly clever, like me’. But there is no moment in which it feels as though Pulley is bragging – she’s too busy being enthusiastic. She’s interested in all of these wonderful things, has had incredible experiences, is knowledgable in so many areas and needs you to keep up so she can tell you about it. Later, in the question and answer session after her talk, she answers queries from the audience on a wide-range of subjects with such precision and clarity that it’s clear she has an academic background. Listening to her would almost be like listening to an essay read aloud, where it not so entertaining.

She describes with awe seeing earthquake-proof buildings in Peru that were constructed so skillfully in the 10th century that they still survive now, outliving many more modern structures. She describes the Aztec reverence for stone – treating it as a living being – and explains why sculpting was such a sacred process; you have to be careful, when you’re not sure who you’re chiseling into.

I could listen to Pulley for days but, unfortunately, she has a train to catch, more events to attend, more readers to inspire. I have to let her go home now so, instead of following her around, I’ve bought her book.

Senior Young Journalist

Ellen Lavelle

]]>http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/23/yja-meets-author-of-international-bestseller/feed/0YJA meets thriller writer Tim Uttonhttp://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/23/yja-meets-thriller-writer-tim-utton/
http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/23/yja-meets-thriller-writer-tim-utton/#respondSun, 23 Jul 2017 08:24:28 +0000http://youngjournalistacademy.com/?p=37857This month, I met thriller writer Tim Utton at Newark Book Festival. I managed to grab him for a quick interview before he appeared on a panel with fellow authors Stephen Booth and Gareth Baker. Utton, who writes under the pseudonym T.M. Logan, launched his debut novel, Lies, a contemporary psychological thriller, in January 2017 to a warm reception by critics and readers alike.

“It’s been a crazy six months,” Utton told me. “Up until publication day, only a dozen people had read it. My family, my wife, my agent. You go from that small group to it being enjoyed by thousands of people – that’s hard to get your head around sometimes.”

Lies tells the story of a man named Joe Lynch who, after an impulsive decision, discovers that his whole life is a fabrication – that many of the people closest to him have been feeding him lies. Joe must excavate these lies, uncovering the fact and the fiction and discover the truth, before it is too late.

“I guess I’ve been surprised by how people have embraced it,” Utton says. “It’s really hard to know how a first book is going to be received, so for it to have gone down as well as it has is really incredible.”

Though Lies is his first published novel, it isn’t Utton’s first major work. He has been working as a writer for the last eleven years but cites his interest in storytelling to early childhood. The youngest of three boys, Utton often felt left behind by his older brothers and learned to occupy himself with fictional stories and worlds. Jobs in communication and journalism, including a stint at The Daily Mail, allowed him to hone his writing techniques but it was always a career in fiction that remained Utton’s ultimate ambition. He describes reading books under his desk at work, unable to put them down.

“That’s what I want to write,” he says. “A book that will get people in trouble at work.”

It’s early days for Utton and Lies but, with Amazon already describing it as a #1 bestseller and five-star reviews pouring in, it’s a good start.

“I’ve already written book two,” Utton says. “It’s called 29 Seconds. It just went to my publishers last week. There’ll be some edits, no doubt, on that and then it’s due for publication as an e-book in November this year. Hopefully people will embrace that in the way they’ve embraced Lies. I just want to carry on writing – that’s my main goal at this point.”

With the success of Lies behind him and the promise of 29 Seconds ahead, it seems as though that goal has already been achieved.

Senior Young Journalist

Ellen Lavelle

]]>http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/23/yja-meets-thriller-writer-tim-utton/feed/06 Weeks of Summer!http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/18/6-weeks-of-summer/
http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2017/07/18/6-weeks-of-summer/#commentsTue, 18 Jul 2017 15:38:24 +0000http://youngjournalistacademy.com/?p=37845Today was our last YJA session for the year (sad times!).

During our planning meeting, we were interested in knowing what each other had planned for the lovely summer holidays. We decided to let everyone know what we would be up to and get all the other YJA reporters from different schools to join in and comment on what fun they had planned for the six weeks of summer.